{"id":4012,"date":"2013-06-25T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:52:26","slug":"correlation-or-causation-senators-dont-believe-in-telling-the-truth-americans-dont-believe-senators-promises-on-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/06\/25\/correlation-or-causation-senators-dont-believe-in-telling-the-truth-americans-dont-believe-senators-promises-on-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Correlation or Causation?: Senators Don\u2019t Believe in Telling the Truth, Americans Don\u2019t Believe Senators\u2019 Promises on Border Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Rasmussen poll<\/a> found, to absolutely no one\u2019s surprise, a very small minority of American voters believe politicians who promise to secure the border in the future in exchange for amnesty upfront. This is why some Americans may support a theoretical bill that secures the border, deports criminal aliens, requires illegal aliens to pay back taxes, learn English, etc., etc., but most have no illusion that S.744 (the Gang of Eight\u2019s upfront amnesty bill) will do anything to address the root cause of the problem.<\/p>\n

Despite hearing for months that there has been a sea change in public opinion<\/a> in favor of amnesty and increased admissions of foreign workers, Senators aligning with the Gang of Eight have had to engage in a massive disinformation campaign<\/a> in order to justify their vote in the face of public opposition. If voters really wanted amnesty, a tripling of legal immigration, and a doubling of guest workers, Congress would have passed \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform\u201d long ago. Or, one has to believe that a tiny group of dissenters has been able to defeat the coordinated efforts of the White House, bi-partisan efforts in Congress, big business, big labor, the Catholic Church, the ACLU, La Raza, etc., etc., etc.<\/p>\n

Of course the majority of Americans do not want what the Senate is now trying to ram down their throats. And, of course, most Senators<\/a> couldn\u2019t care less what the American people want.